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Report highlights systemic #discrimination against International Medical Graduates in Canada healthydebate.ca/2025/02/topi...

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Text Data Analysis Workshop 🔍💻 Join us on Friday, March 7, from 1:00–3:00 PM in C.K. Choi 351 for a hands-on Text Data Analysis workshop with Stuart Shulman, founder of DiscoverText. No programming or stats experience needed—just bring your laptop! Register: migration.ubc.ca/events/event...

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Dr. Kashif Raza highlights the ongoing barriers International Medical Graduates face in obtaining licensure in Canada despite a persistent physician shortage and decades of advocacy for policy reform. 🔗 via @healthydebate.bsky.social: healthydebate.ca/2025/02/topi...

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🌎 Migration is intensifying and diversifying around the world. Our #InternationalMigration2025 conference will delve into the multiple drivers of migration. Join us in Toronto or online on May 13-15, 2025. Registration is now open: www.torontomu.ca/internationa... @bridgdivides.bsky.social

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📄 New Research Brief: Four years ago today, Canada imposed sanctions on Myanmar after a military coup removed elected civilian leaders. Yet, Myanmar’s efforts to erase the Rohingya—creating the world’s largest stateless population—began long before. 🔗 Read more: migration.ubc.ca/publications...

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📚 Book Talk: “Insurgent Communities: How Protests Create a Filipino Diaspora.” On February 28, Sociologist Dr. @sharonquinsaat.bsky.social will explore the role of transnational protests in shaping Filipino diaspora communities. Register: migration.ubc.ca/events/event...

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We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Laura Madokoro for our last Speaker Series event! Through a historical lens, she will examine the rising anti-immigrant discourse in North America, focusing on how language reinforces otherness. 📆 March 3, 11:45 AM - 1:45 PM 📍 Hybrid 🔗 migration.ubc.ca/events/event...

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Canada’s citizenship guides have long shaped national identity, often overlooking Black history. MPPGA student and CMS affiliate Elizabeth Semowo examines their impact on perceptions of Blackness. Via @thetyee.ca 🔗 thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

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📣 Research Fellowships: As part of the Bridging Divides research program, Dr. Huot is recruiting one MSc and one PhD student to study immigrant employment and lifelong learning in UBC's Rehabilitation Sciences graduate program. Apply by March 1, 2025 Learn more: migration.ubc.ca/news/researc...

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In anticipation of her Speaker Series talk, "Organizing for Inclusion? Race-Making and the Quest for Immigrant Rights in the U.S. South" (Feb 10), Dr. Jennifer A. Jones shares her top picks to read, watch, and listen to. Read more: migration.ubc.ca/news/dr-jenn...

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TOMORROW: UBC Public Humanities Hub and Vancouver Art Gallery present "Art as Indigenous Pedagogy" on Thursday, Jan 30 at 5pm featuring artist Shelly Niro and Professor Dr. Shannon Leddy

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🗣️ Our hybrid Speaker Series event is approaching! Don’t miss "Organizing for Inclusion? Race-Making and the Quest for Immigrant Rights in the U.S. South" with Dr. Jennifer A. Jones on Feb 10. Register now: migration.ubc.ca/events/event... #migrationtalk #racialization #immigrantrights

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📣 Call for Proposals: CMS and UBC Okanagan invite proposals from academic affiliates for the 2025 CMS Research Conference on May 1-2. Theme: “Migration, Mobilities, and Changing Political Landscapes.” Learn more: migration.ubc.ca/news/call-fo... #migrationconference #researchconference

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CMS is thrilled to announce seven new researchers joining the Bridging Divides research team at UBC! These scholars bring diverse expertise and innovative perspectives to advance migrant integration in Canada and beyond. Learn more about their research projects: migration.ubc.ca/news/introdu...

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"I think that most Canadians think this is an American problem," remarks Professor Irene Bloemraad, Co-Director of the CMS, as she addresses the topic of undocumented people in Canada. Via CBC News Read more: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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We believe art can illuminate the complexities of #migration as a fundamental aspect of human life and history. Help us reach artists interested in participating in our International Art Competition on "African diasporas, migrations, and mobilities"! 🔁 #ArtCompetition #Africandiasporas

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How do immigrant-serving organizations in the U.S. South shape racial identities and public policy? Join us on February 10 for our 3rd Speaker Series event with Dr. Jennifer A. Jones, Associate Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University. Register: migration.ubc.ca/events/event...

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Canada halts new parent immigration sponsorships, keeping families apart

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The Canadian government recently announced it is indefinitely pausing new permanent residency sponsorship applications for parents and grandparents. I wrote an op-ed to discuss what this pause means for thousands of immigrant families. theconversation.com/canada-halts... @ubcmigration.bsky.social

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How diverse is your neighbourhood? A new website shows how immigration to Canada has transformed our cities. “Superdiversity” project crunches immigration and census data into interactive graphics that show demographic changes across generations of newcomers.

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🚨 Call for Proposals Deadline this Friday, January 10, 2025 UBC CMS affiliates, don't miss the chance to submit your abstract for the CMS-QUB Conference “Migration, Borders, and the Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion” in Belfast, on June 15-16, 2025! Learn more: migration.ubc.ca/news/call-fo...

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Happening today!

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"We're hoping to just help anyone come to a better understanding of the society that surrounds them that they're part of" - Prof. Emeritus and CMS affiliate Daniel Hiebert, co-founder of the project. #BridingDivides

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We’re excited to share our 2023-24 Annual Report, a reflection of the research initiatives, collaborations, and community engagement we’ve achieved over the past year. 📖 Read the report: migr.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/u... #migrationstudies #migrationresearch

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Exciting News! 🌱 🌏 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our new Climate Migration Research Group, dedicated to tackling the complex challenges of climate-induced migration. Read the full Q&A with the co-coordinators, Dr. Jemima Baada and Dr. Farrukh Chishtie: migration.ubc.ca/news/introdu...

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📣Job alert (postdoc): Immigration, Information, and Technologies @irms-concordia.bsky.social Open to all #migration researchers, particularly those working with text-as-data, NLP or computational social sciences approaches. www.concordia.ca/artsci/resea... #Polisky #Migcitsky #poliscisky

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Save-the-Date: Jan 7, 2025 7pm(PST) Vancouver launch, Forced Migration In/To Canada: From Colonization to Refugee Resettlement, McGill-Queen’s U Press, 2024. Editor, Christina Clark-Kazak Contributors, Erin Goheen Glanville, Francisco-Fernando Granados, Lois Klassen And, special guests!

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Stay informed with the latest migration research, events, and news from the UBC Centre for Migration Studies! 📬 Sign up for our weekly newsletter: migration.ubc.ca/mailing-list/

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📣 UBC CMS affiliates: Are you researching migration, borders, and the politics of inclusion and exclusion? Present your research at the CMS-QUB Conference in Belfast on June 15–16, 2025! Submit your title and abstract by January 10, 2025. Learn more: migration.ubc.ca/news/call-fo...

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🎙️ The Big Thinking Podcast is back! We’re kicking off our return with a new episode featuring @lisabrunner.bsky.social, postdoctoral research fellow at the @ubcmigration.bsky.social. Delve into the conversation exploring the intersection of immigration and education in Canada. 🎧 ow.ly/kAYf50UmrfY

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CMS recently presented the Belonging in Unceded Territory project to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), shedding light on the colonial underpinnings of #citizenship ceremonies and the need for ongoing dialogue and action to address them. Read more: migration.ubc.ca/news/present...

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Saturday | 11:00 PT Lisa Brunner, expert on immigration policy, scrutinizes Trudeau's message on cutting immigration, and how the rhetoric presents a simplified explanation for some complex realities. @migrantsrights.bsky.social @ubcmigration.bsky.social @lisabrunner.bsky.social

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On November 25-26, CMS affiliates joined researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and community leaders at the Pathway to Prosperity 2024 National Conference to explore innovative strategies for newcomer inclusion & support. Read more: migration.ubc.ca/news/cms-at-...

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The CMS International Art Competition 2024-25 is now open! 🌍🎨 Visual artists worldwide are invited to submit works exploring this year’s theme, African Diasporas, Migrations, and Mobilities, by February 17, 2025. Learn more: migration.ubc.ca/programs-ini...

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Immigration Reading List: Books to Broaden Your Perspective on Migration (2024) Looking for a good book about immigration? 📚 Thanks to many reader contributions, we’ve got you covered with brand new book recommendations. austinkocher.substack.com/p/immigratio...

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Welcome all to this talk organized by UBC’s Center for Migration Studies! migration.ubc.ca/events/event...

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The recording of US Elections 2024: Analyzing the Trump-Harris Showdown is here! Featuring CMS affiliates Dr. Irene Bloemraad, @profterrig.bsky.social, along with Dr. Paul J. Quirk, this webcast unpacks the election's key moments & its global impact. magazine.alumni.ubc.ca/2024/webcast...

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We're now on Bluesky! 🦋 CMS is dedicated to fostering collaborative, interdisciplinary, and transformative research on the causes, consequences, and experiences of human mobility across and within borders. Help us grow by spreading the word to your followers! Learn more: migration.ubc.ca

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Dr. Lisa Ruth Brunner, CMS Postdoctoral Research Fellow, scrutinizes Justin Trudeau’s explanation for immigration cuts. Via @theconversationca.bsky.social theconversation.com/migration-ex...

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Migration experts scrutinize Justin Trudeau’s explanation for immigration cuts

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